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Woman's Hour: Ursula Le Guin; Holiday hunger; Meeting Dora Black; Women Mormons

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22/08/2014

Ursula Le Guin; Holiday hunger; Meeting Dora Black; Women Mormons

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Jenni Murray re-examines Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness.

Presenting the female perspective. In a series on classic feminist literature, Jenni Murray re-examines Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness.

We re-examine The left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula Le Guin, in our series on classic feminist literature.

Foodbanks say they've seen a rise in the number of families asking for help to feed their children during the school holidays. During term time hard-up families have access to free school lunches - which is often the main meal of the day for some children, but the summer break means many parents are having to rely on foodbanks and lunch clubs to provide a decent meal. The Trussell Trust, which runs the country's largest network of food banks, says this is the busiest summer it's ever experienced. Alison Inglis-Jones from the Trust explains what needs to be done to help struggling parents.

Dora Black was a feminist, sex radical, progressive educator, peace activist, and second wife of the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell. In 1979 the writer Don Shaw met, the then 86 year old Dora, at her cliff top home in Cornwall. What resulted was a far more personal meeting for Don himself. Thirty five years later, using a mixture of fact and fiction, Don has re-created that meeting, in a play for Radio 4: 'A Meeting With Dora'. Jenni Murray is joined by Don Shaw, and the actor Eleanor Bron, who plays Dora, to discuss the play and the remarkable woman behind it.

The women campaigning for their right to be ordained to the priesthood in the Mormon Church.

Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Cecile Wright.

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